Bible Read 1 Kings 12

1 Kings 12:31

King James Version (KJV)

And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

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29 And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.

30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.

33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

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1 Kings 12:31 in every translation

KJV King James Version
And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
WEB World English Bible
He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
ASV American Standard Version
And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And he maketh the house of high places, and maketh priests of the extremities of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi;
DBY Darby Translation
And he made a house of high places, and made priests from all classes of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
WBS Webster Bible
And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.